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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
A $500, 900 PAIR OF HORSES.

In 1868 Mr.. Kellogg was in the ac-
tive service of the army. But he
still held on to his position as Su-
preme Court Chief Justice OF the
Territory Of Nebraska. He went
home in that year to hold court for a
short time, and after closing the
term went back to the front, where
he remained until the close of the
war. On his way to Nebraska he
stopped in Illinois at a place where
he had a pair OF horses. He was
sick, and he thought he would take
this team and drive to Nebraska,
thinking that this method of travel
ing would do him good. He arrived
in Omaha with the team, and while
he was holding court there, Ben
Chapman, an old bachelor, was con-
stantly borrowing the team to take
some of his lady friends out to ride.
Mr.. Kellogg did not know what to do
with the team after he had finished
his court work and had made arrang-
ments to board them. But Chap
man came to him one day and offer
ed to trade him some land for the
team. They drove out to the land
through a rough country and over q
marshy piece of ground until they
reached the sixteen acre tract owned
by Chapman. They made the trade
while they were there. kellogg tool
ten acres of the tract at $50 and acre
the team, harness, wagon and blank
cts being counted at $500. In few
months after, he purchased the re.
naming six acres at 500 per acre
This was in 1868. He has held OF
to part of that land with great per
Sistence since that time, parting only
as under pressure from his agent a
Omaha, with occasional sales of small
portions. His holding last year wal
reduced to q little over three acres
He sold seven-eights of an acre ou
of this tract for $4,000. He tool
that $4,000 and invested it in piece
OF property in the northwest O
Washington, known as the Widow
Mite property. He paid $4,000 max
ing $4,000 as the purchase price
He was offered a few days ago 800,
900 in cash for this Washington pur
chase. lie can sell out the balance
of his real estate tract in Omaha a
any time for 100000. So the team
stands him in to-day a clean profit o
over 100000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
REDUCING A SENTENCE.
Texas Siftings.

In the San Antonio District Court
Mayor Gassaway's client was convic-
ted of murder in the first degree.
Mayor Gassaway went over to Austin
to intercede with Governor Ireland.
my client has been condemned to
Imprisonment for life, and 1 think
that's pretty severe sentence"
THAT'S pretty severe" replied Gov
ernor Ireland. "Just so, Governor,
that's the reason l have come to see
you; 1 want you to knock off FIVE
years Of the sentence" GLOW can I
possibly do that?" "Easy enough.
Governor; just order his release now,
and at the end of FIVE years he can
begin to serve out his term; deduct
that five years from the front end of
his sentence" 1t is such incidents
as this that caused Governor Ireland
to prefer the United States Senate to
the Texas gubernatorial chair.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
MARIETTA. GA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. g. 1887
GOOD METHODS.

Some farmers are successful, 9TH
ers are not. Some live we'll, have
the comforts and luxuries of life
around them others live hard, work
hard, have few Of the comforts and
none of the Injuries. Some have a
better start, perhaps, than others
better farm and are better equipped
but it will be found that the men who
succeed, who live we'll and make
money are men of method, men who
believe in and have a system of
management, men who think on what
they are doing, and do nothing at
haphazard. The speculator, dealer
in futures and stock jobbers may
take chances, but there is no change
work with the farmer. Nature es-
tablishes laws which are imperative,
as to what may be produced in certain
claims and on certain lands, while the
law of supply and demand regulate
the prices, and consequently the
profit on what is produced. The
thoughtful and successful farmer,
while recognizing natures laws, will
also give heed to the law of supply
and demand that he may not waste
his time in cultivating what already
is drag upon the market, and will
consequently cause loss to him. If
experience proves that there is more
money in an acre of grass than there
is in an acre Of cotton, the wise farm
er will give some attention to grass
and less to cotton if one acre of DO
tatoes will yield twice, three or four
times as much as ali acre of tobacco,
the wise farmer will give more atten-
ton to potatoes and less to tobacco ;
if0le good COW ID more profitable
than two poor ones; if the farmer
can save money and feel Independent
by raising his own family supplies
and feed his stock himself, the wise
farmer will raise them instead of buy
ing, when it may sometimes be hard
to get the money to buy with, from
what he has got to sell. The man of
method thinks of all this, lives well
makes and saves money; the man
without method does not, works hard
lives hard and is always run to the
throat latch to make ends meet-and
they don't always do it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
A SIMPLE BREACH OF TRUST.
From the Memphis Avalanche.

One of the simpest things ever
heard of and which was still as neat
as it was simple, was the breach of
trust OF a Philadelphia messenger.
He received package of 100000
and hid it safely away. He then
went back to the bank which had
employed him and told the officer
that he was tired of being poor and
that he had determined to use the
money they had given him to carry
to certain bank. At FIRST it was
thought he was drunk-then crazy
then joking. But he simply advis-
ed the officers to have him arrested,
as he intended to keep and use the
money in question. The principal
he promised eventually to return.
The officers tried to persuade him,
but without avail. He was finally
arrested, but his only crime was
breach of trust. His declared intsn-
ton of eventually returning the mon
ey made it almost impossible to bring
his crime under the head Of any in
dictable offense. He was finally tried
for breach of trust and came off with
two years in the penitentiary. This
occurred about fifteen years ago.
The perpetrator still lives in Phila-
delphia and is in comfortable circum-
stances, and talks freely about his
little escapade.
He still says he intends to return
the money to the bank. He had his
lawyer draw up will in which he
bequeathed the sum of 100000 to
the bank, being the sum borrowed on
such date, less 50, 400, being amount
charged for two years of enforced
idleness at 500 month.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
A WONDERFUL MAN.

Recently there died Potsdam, N.
Y, a wonderful man. An accident
deprived him of both arms, which
were amputated at the shoulder. He
earned living by using his feet and
his mouth instead Of his arms. We
are told that he owned a horse, of
which he took the entire care, har-
messed it, fastened and unfastened the
buckles with his teeth, and drove
with the reins tied around the shout
ders. Being in need of wagon, he
bought wheels and axles and built a
box buggy complete and painted it.
He went to the barn one winter day
and built q COW stable, saving the
timber with his feet, and with the
hammer in one foot and holding the
nail with the other, he nailed the
boards on as we'll as most men do
with their hands. He dug a well II
feet deep on a farm in the town and
stoned it himself. He could NOW
away hay by holding the fork under
his chin and letting it rest against his
shoulder. He could pick up potatoes
in field as fast as a man could dig
them. He could dress himself, get
his meals, write his letters, and, in
fact, do almost anything that any man
with two arms could do.
Many man with his physical fac
ulties unimpaired mourns because he
cannot get along, and yet this armless
brother made himself independent
without arms or hands. He had an
undaunted spirit. He was like the
Crimean hero who, when his lower
limbs were shot away, wrote to the
woman he was engaged to marry re-
leasing her. She was worthy of {
hero. She answered; IL will marry
you, if you have enough body remain
ing to contain your noble SOUL"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
March,

The great subject Of the day for
the American people, is the exposed
condition OF our great seaports, in q
dozen of which, one-fourth of the
wealth and resources of the whole
nation is accumulated. Destruction
of q great port would spread ruin to
all parts of the country. Mr.. Joseph
Nimmo, Jr., in his article, "Our I'm
protected Seacoast," gives a lesson
that all should read. Leaving the
seashore, the Popular Monthly for
March next takes us with Christian
Reid for guide, to ga Fairyland Of
Science" the rich and picturesque
mountain land of North Carolina.
To know how Russia is carrying civil
lization into the heart of Asia, we
can see in careful and interesting ar
ticle on ''The Transcasplan Railway"
Mrs. Pierce devotes some enthusiast
tic pages to the life and home of a
great-hearted and talented woman,
Helen Hunt Jackson, Oh. H. Hold
er, the naturalist, tells of "Stone
Forests" and articles ON Gardens"
on "Vesta and the Vestals, on elm
neus, and Upsala University" and
on "Sir Philip Sidney" with very
clever stories, like Ausburn Town
er's "a Very Peculiar Boy" Col
lier's Strange Revelation" "Her
Fathers Secretary" "The Statue
and the Lamp" give matter as en-
tertaining and attractive, as the more
serious articles are interesting and
instructive. The whole combine to
make a number, which, in matter
and the number, variety, and excel
lence of the engravings, are q model
Of Popular Monthly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

A disastrous earthquake occurred
in France and Italy on the 2ad ult.
At Nice, the Italian carnival went
out with terrible tragedy. While
the maskers in fhe various towns
were in the midst of their frivolity,
the rumbling of the earth warned
them of their danger. They ran out
in the streets in their costumes. The
scene which followed beggars descrip-
ton. Whole blocks of buildings were
thrown to the ground. The loss OF
life is terrible. At one place the
earth opened and swallowed up three
hundred people.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

Our community is advancing fnan-
cially and morally. Let our people
continue to pull together. Every
body can do something. Those who
cant pull can scotch and give "a salts
fled grunt. Earnest, continuous work
accompanied by encouraging words,
and helping hand wherever needed,
whether to build up fortunes or to
attain to higher and better life, will
surely be rewarded, and this year
will find us far in advance of last.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

II would subscribe for your paper,
but my neighbors take it and get to
read it all the time Generous
neighbor, don't you wish that sponge
would move to some other locality ?
No doubt he goes to the post-ofice,
gets and reads it before you do. And
yet he considers himself fine man
and so he is; so fine that he can
crowd through the little end Of a GU
anO horn.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

The mother Of young woman in
GAL, who had injured her
health by two much study, offered
her ten cents for every squirrel she
would shoot. The daughter took to
the woods, and in one week recently
shot eighty-fve squirrels, and is fast
her health.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

Two weeks ago last Thursday, a
son of Mr.. j. S. Williams reached his
home is Newman, da., from New York
sick, and in nine days after his arri-
val, his mother, sister and brother
were taken with what the doctors
feared was small pox. After a care
full diagnosis by Drs. G. D. Smith and
G, W, Peddy, it was pronounced by
them small pa4,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

The Supreme Court of Georgia has
just decided that but two things are
necessary to make valid marriage.
One is license from the State, and
the other is for the parties to the
marriage to declare before witnesses
their intention to live together as
husband and wife. The decision is
in the nature of a blow at the preach.
ers. Witnesses to marriages never
charge anything for their services.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

A Sheboygan, Mich, widow, after
mourning ten lays for her dear de-
parted, sought consolation in Sec
ond marriage. She didn't find it,
though, tor it is said that ever since
the wedding the ghost of the dead
husband has been making things live
ly tor the honeymooners, who have
already moved several times, but are
unable to escape the spirit, which
rattles windows, groans, shakes the
doors, and makes himself generally
very disagreeable.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. J. ID. MALONE.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER.
l. vices to the citizens of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office south side
public square, up stairs over the Post Of
fee, where he can be found day and night.
All calls at Office, or any left at the Kenne
saw House, will be promptly attended
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
Fall and Winter
MILLINERY.
MRS. E. F. ANDERSON

Has just received complete line of Mil,
linery. consisting Of Hats and Bonnets,
Astrachan trimmings. latest styles of birds
and fancy feathers. Velvets for dress trims
mings, Notions, DIR. Warmers Health Cor
sets, &c, u. Call and examine and you
will be pleased, for the stock is beautiful and
stylish MRS. K. F. ANDERSON.
Marietta Oct. 9th 1886
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
Whelan's School.
SOAPS CREEK, Z MILES EAST OF
MARIETTA.)

A complete, intellectual, progressive,
practical and solid Academic course in
English, Mathematics and Classics, Aps
pletons' Series ("The New Education, -
have been adopted. Rates of Tuition re-
duced, cents, l0c and l5c per diem tor
actual attendance. Higher course in Class
les, Mathematics and French 20c, payable
quarterly. Mr.. w. L. Bishop is erecting a
large house for the accommodation OF
Young men, with or without Board at the
lowest charges. Board can also be obtain
ed at other places at reduced charges.
RULEs-Obedience Ldb0rare--discere-
est 0rare." ITO labor-tO learn-is to
pray" PETER d. WHELAN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
Gbe Marietta JumrraI.
MARIETTA, GA,
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1897.

"What! You say that Herr Sch
midle, the merchant, has gone blind :?
Here's pretty how d'y do-Tve got
a bill on the man which is made out
payable at sightll'
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. III. v. REYNOLDS.
PRACTTCING PHYSICIAN,

PRACITCING PHYSICIAN,
WHEN NOT ENGAGED ELSE
w where may be found during the day
at his Office, up stairs, in McClatchy Build
ing, Southwest corner of Public Square,
and at night at his residence on Powder
Springs street, one door above the Metho-
dist parsonage, Marietta, Ga Telephone
No. II.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
FOR SALE.

BRAZILIAN FLOUR CORN AND
PETERKlN COTTON SEED, by !. d
Upshaw a Powder Springs and Upshaw, P.
O., Cobb coun y, and also at NJ. r Lyons
makes good white -four, is as easily grown
as ordinary corn. TIE Peterkin Cot on
Yields 500 lbs lint to 1900 lbs seed cotton
and Yields as much seed cotton to the acre
as other varieties. Price of corn 81 90 per
peck. Price cotton seed $l.00 per bushel
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

Here is a sentence from President
CleveIand's message vetoing the Tex
as seed bill which deserves to be re-
membered: Though the people sup
port the government, the govern
ment should not support the people. +"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. p. r. CORTELYOU,
PRACTTCING PHYSICIAN,

MARIETTA, GEORGIA. OFFICE
N1 North-side Public Square, next door
to }. j. Northcutts store Consultation
Hours 81 a. m. to l2-3 to 5 p. m, unless
otherwise engaged. Telephone No l5. Can
be called from residence at any hour when
not in town.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

Hon. Judson C. Clements made
most able, dignified and convincing
speech on the Consular and Diplo-
matte appropriation bill. Mr.. Glenn
ents is one OF the wisest and best of
Congressman, as he is the most mod
est.-Augusta Chronicle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
EnR ONE DOLLAR

The MARIETTA JOURNAL can be had in
clubs of ten, for one dollar for each sub
scriber, and an extra paper will be given to
the one getting up the club Now is the
time to get up clubs. Try it, and help your
self and US too.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. G. TENNENT.

Office Up Stairs in Masonic Building.
SOUTH-SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, MA
- rietta Ga. Has removed residence on
Anderson street near Atlanta street. All
calls promptly attended. July 4th, 1888
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

Grapes are recommended as the
best crops to grow on gravelly hill
sides, but in hilly land the north
hillsides are usually productive, and
will support good crops of all kinds.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03

1t is currently reported that an
Augusta man and a mill president
has pocketed between 100000 and
100000 on Birmingham and Annis-
ton speculations recently.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. E. j. SEIZE.

PHYSICIAN And SURGEON,
TNENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER
L vices in the practice of Medicine in all
Its branches to the citizens of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office at Seize and
Simpson s Drugstore. All calls promptly
attended
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
j. z. FOSTER,

ATTORNEY d COUNSELOR ATLAW,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. PROMPT
1NI attention given to all legal business.
Office in McClatchy's Building.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
A. s. CLAY
/. s. CLAY. D. W. B
CLAY & BLAIR.

ATTORNEYS AT Law,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA ROOMS l
1NI and 2 on the left over Wade Whites
store. We give our entire attention to the
practice of law. Promptness is our motto.
Collection specially
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
II. n. HOLLAND.
4 TTORNEY 1T LAW.

ATTORNEY At Law,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. WILL DE
WI vote his entire attention to the prac
ice of law in the Blue Ridge and adjacent
circuits Office, South-side of Public Square
in Masonic Building first room on the right.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
GEORGE F. GOBER.

ATTORNEY AT Law,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. OFFICE,
1NI Upstairs in Building next to the
Court House Practice in all the Courts
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
DIR. N. N. GOBER,
'R4CTTCING PHYSICIAN,

PR4CTTCING PHYSICIAN,
fTNENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER
L vices to the citizens Of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office, West-side Of
Square, Upstairs in Nichols Hall. Res
idence at the Laneau house, one block from
Cherokee street, Marietta, Ga
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
ADVERTISING RATES:
Business Cards.
DIR E. Nj. ALLEN,

swRnA RESIDENT DENTIST,
ET1yHAVING enjoyed the conf
dence and patronage of the community for
twenty-five years, is in active practice with
all necessary improvements aud material, at
prices reasonable enough to suit the most
economical Office, North-slde of Square,
over J. H. Barnes old store, Marietta Ga.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
Business Cards &c.
w. S. CHENEY,
4 ATTORNEY At L4W,

ITTORNEY At LAW,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA OFFICE
M with J. E. Motley South-side OF Public
Square. All legal business promptly at
tended to. Collections specially solicited
Real estate bought and sold for parties, and
money loaned to and for parties on good
security.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-03
JOE b. ALEXANDER,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And United States Circuit Court Commissioner
for the Northern District of Georgia.
A LII LEGAL BUSINESS ENTRUST-
IL ed to me will receive prompt attention.
Office, next door to Court House, over SEES
sions, Handy & Co store, Marietta, Ga.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
Prison Literature.
the public

THE PRISON MIRROR is the title of paper
edited, printed published. and sold by the con-
vics in the saltwater (Mnn) penitentiary. 1t
curiously bears the motto God helps those who
help themselves" and among the list OF stock
holders we find the names of Robert, James and
Coleman Younger the celebrated Younger broth.
ers, who owe their presence in the institution to
habit of "helping themselves which not
sanctioned by Divine aid. "COle" Younger also
appears 10 be the librarian of the prison and the
printers devil of THE MIRROR office. The salu-
tatory announces that the papers mission is Ito
encourage prison literary talent, and to instruct
assist, encourage. and entertain all those within
our midst. and to scatter words of warning upon
the unwary pathway of those in the outside world
whose reckless footsteps may be leading them
hitherward.'
We not so sure about encouraging "prisOn
talent" but the rest OF the editors intentions
praseworthy. is also their endeavor "to bury
melancholy, enlargement, and enmity in the vast
region of the past, and to sow in the hearts of
readers the golden seeds of charity. hope, and
love" Their effort has been met with fattering
success, and THE MIRROR starts in under the
most favorable auspices. There is hint of hui
NOR in the invitation extended to President
Cleveland to visit its retired community and the
regret that the invitation could not be conveyed
by a committee.-Chicago Daily News.
The News. while giving cheerful ring
to the above kindly critissm. misquOtes
THE MIRRORS salutatory, insOmuch as
''prisOn talent" as quoted in the above
article, should have read prison literary
talent" We think if the News had pc
rused our salutatOry more carefully, they
would agree with us in saying that good
literary talent should be encouraged, even
| in prison.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
SPECIAL TO PUBLISHERS.

While we fully recognize the fact that surround
ing circumstances, does not entitle our little
sheet to the kindly considerations and warm sym
pathy so universally extended by the great press
of America to its younger contemporaries, we
possess brief knowledge of the greath hearted
ness of editors and publishers generally, and we
feel assured that many will ready respond to our
call for exchanges: Dalies, Weeklies, and Month
lies. will be received and meet with our highest
appreciation. and deepest gratitude. In making
this appeal, we make no prtenses that our little
sheet is an equal or even fair exchange, with its
most humble or distant kin. but many who peruse
it's miniature columns, will find therein many in
structive suggestions. ideas. hints, and other use
full information. worthy of reproduction in the col
umns of the most lofty journal of our land; Meth
er do make this appeal in behalf of THE MIR
ROR alone but rather in behalf OF our unfortun-
ate comrades in prison, whom it is our hope and
mission to encourage and assist toward higher
and nobler aims in life, and to whom all exchanges
and periodicals sent to THE MIRROR will be
gratuously distributed. Who will be first to re-
spOnd?
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24

lection of great books is nothing less than
the infinite sky which stretches over the life.
of man, and no human soul ever failed to find
find there the shrine of his own tutelary
saints. Literature keeps the whole race I'M
der constant conviction of sin, and there
are hours when every man feels like lock-
ing his study door, so absolutely uncovered
and revealed does his lite lie in the speech
of some good boOk.-HamiltOn w. Mabie